FROM THE PUBLISHER
THE LAST THOUGHTS @lindashepherd OF SUMMER AS YOU TICK OFF THE LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER ON YOUR CALENDAR, HOW MANY OF YOUR PROJECTS REMAIN UNFINISHED? That’s a question I’m asking myself as my eyes turn their focus to my fall calendar. It hardly seems fair that fall is already popping into my thoughts. But here I am with September on my mind as I scramble to finish my long to-do list, including writing the last pages of my latest prayer book.
But as this day stretches into shadows, I noticed another sign of the end of summer. On my last trip to the basement, I stopped at the closet beneath the staircase and pulled out my old suitcase to pack for the last writer’s conference of the summer. And now with my suitcase propped open in my bedroom, I have to ask myself, Where did my summer go, anyway? How well I remember summers when I was a girl. Summer vacation never started too soon, though it always ended too early. And I was never finished, never finished with my summer projects or just enjoying being a kid. I still feel that way because to tell you the truth, I have a few summer regrets. I regret not enjoying a root beer float in the cool of the evening with my family. I regret not taking my dog on
longer summer evening walks. Most of all, I regret not walking through the yellow Hamilton Roses when they were in full bloom. How did summers get so crazy anyway? Maybe as you eye the coming days of fall, you’re wondering the same thing. So, here’s my solution. Let’s relax and open up this copy of Leading Hearts Magazine. Here we can not only get the inspiration we need to finish this season well, but we can get the peace we need to enter the next season. You see, there is so much more to finishing well than successfully accomplishing all the tasks that keep you bound by busy-ness. In fact, there is freedom in Christ that gives us the space to know, even with all the loose ends of our lives, He has already claimed our victory at the finish. And let’s do this: let’s grant ourselves the freedom to enjoy these last days of summer, to walk with God and to have one last root beer float as we enjoy the cool of the evening with our families. Let’s focus on the love that holds us all together and the LOVE that has truly set us free. S Love,
LINDA EVANS SHEPHERD PUBLISHER, LEADING HEARTS MAGAZINE
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